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Marlon Vera

“Chito”

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Marlon Vera profile: UFC ranking status, record, fight history, statistics and related MMA Boxing news.

UFC #10 Bantamweight

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KO/TKO wins8
Submission wins10
Round 1 finishes8

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UFC stats

Sig. strikes landed4.18Per Min
Sig. strikes absorbed5.34Per Min
Takedown average0.47Par 15 min
Submission average0.76Par 15 min
Strike defense50%
Takedown defense72%
Knockdown avg.0.55
Avg. fight time13:36

Fight history

Loss

UFC Fight Night

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to David Martinez

2/28/26 Decision
Loss

UFC Fight Night

Vera lost a three round split decision to Aiemann Zahabi

10/18/25 Decision
Loss

UFC on ABC

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to Deiveson Figueiredo

8/3/24 Decision
Loss

UFC 299

Vera lost a five round unanimous decision to Sean O'Malley in a fight for the UFC bantamweight title

3/9/24 Decision
Win

UFC 292

Vera won a three round unanimous decision over Pedro Munhoz

8/19/23 Decision
Loss

UFC on ESPN

Vera lost a five round split decision to Cory Sandhagen

3/25/23 Decision
Win

UFC on ESPN

Vera knocked out Dominick Cruz at 2:17 of the fourth round

8/13/22 KO/TKO
Win

UFC on ESPN

Vera won a five round unanimous decision over Rob Font

4/30/22 Decision
Win

UFC 268

Vera knocked out Frankie Edgar at 3:50 of the third round

11/6/21 KO/TKO
Win

UFC on ESPN

Vera won a three round unanimous decision over Davey Grant

6/19/21 Decision
Loss

UFC Fight Night

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to Jose Aldo

12/19/20 Decision
Win

UFC 252

Vera stopped Sean O’Malley via strikes at 4:40 of the first round

8/15/20 KO/TKO
Loss

UFC on ESPN

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to Song Yadong

5/16/20 Decision
Win

UFC Fight Night

Vera stopped Andre Ewell via strikes at 3:17 of the third round

10/12/19 KO/TKO
Win

UFC 239

Vera submitted Nohelin Hernandez via rear naked choke at 3:25 of the second round

7/6/19 Submission
Win

UFC Fight Night

Vera stopped Frankie Saenz via strikes at 1:25 of the first round

3/23/19 KO/TKO
Win

UFC Fight Night

Vera submitted Guido Cannetti via rear naked choke at 1:31 of the second round

11/17/18 Submission
Win

UFC 227

Vera stopped Wuliji Buren via strikes at 4:53 of the second round

8/4/18 KO/TKO
Loss

UFC Fight Night

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to Douglas Silva de Andrade

2/3/18 Decision
Loss

UFC Fight Night

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to John Lineker

10/28/17 Decision
Win

UFC on FOX

Vera submitted Brian Kelleher via armbar at 2:18 of the first round

7/22/17 Submission
Win

UFC Fight Night

Vera stopped Brad Pickett via strikes at 3:50 of the third round

3/18/17 KO/TKO
Win

UFC Fight Night

Vera won a three round unanimous decision over Ning Guangyou

11/27/16 Decision
Loss

UFC Fight Night

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to Davey Grant

2/27/16 Decision
Win

UFC Fight Night

Vera submitted Roman Salazar via triangle armbar at 2:15 of the second round

8/8/15 Submission
Loss

UFC 180

Vera lost a three round unanimous decision to Marco Beltran

11/15/14 Decision